The best food influencers in Mumbai in 2026 range from celebrity chefs such as Ranveer Brar and Sanjyot Keer (Your Food Lab) to city guides like Kunal Vijayakar, The Hungry Mumbaikar and Mehul Hingu. Pick chefs for recipe and product demos, and local reviewers for restaurant launches and footfall.
Mumbai has one of India's deepest food-creator scenes, which is exactly why shortlisting is hard. This list brings together ten Mumbai-based creators who cover different corners of food content: recipe studios, pastry and chocolate, restaurant reviews, food heritage and street food.
The list is in no particular order and reflects what we could verify as of November 2026. We looked for creators who are based in Mumbai, post food content regularly and appear across several independent sources such as news features, interviews and their own channels. We do not quote follower counts or fees, because both change quickly; ask creators for current media kits.
| # | Creator | Known for | Best for (brand categories) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamiya Jani | @kamiya_jani | Curly Tales founder; food and travel discovery, celebrity food conversations | Restaurants, hotels, tourism boards, F&B launches |
| 2 | Sanjyot Keer | @yourfoodlab | Polished recipe videos with a street-food twist | Kitchen appliances, cookware, FMCG, spices |
| 3 | Ranveer Brar | @ranveer.brar | Food history, regional Indian cooking, TV judging | Premium F&B, culinary brands, hospitality |
| 4 | Pooja Dhingra | @poojadhingra | Le15 Patisserie founder; French pastry and macarons | Baking ingredients, dairy, premium gifting, cafes |
| 5 | Kunal Vijayakar | @kunalvijayakar | Khaane Mein Kya Hai; old Mumbai eateries and food trails | Heritage restaurants, home-grown food brands |
| 6 | Kalyan Karmakar | @thefinelychopped | Finely Chopped blog and YouTube; Bengali and Mumbai food | Restaurants, regional food brands, publishers |
| 7 | Nehal Karkera | @chef_nehalkarkera | Chef-tested comfort food with comic commentary | Cookware, staples, quick-commerce, FMCG |
| 8 | Varun Inamdar | @varuninamdar | Recipe videos, chocolate and pastry, food styling | Chocolate and confectionery, packaged foods |
| 9 | Rohit Haryani (The Hungry Mumbaikar) | @thehungrymumbaikar | Original photos and reels of Mumbai openings and street food | New restaurant openings, cafes, delivery apps |
| 10 | Mehul Hingu | @streetfoodrecipe | Vada pav to upscale eats, with the story behind dishes | Street-food chains, snacks, beverages, local events |
1. Kamiya Jani (@kamiya_jani)
Kamiya Jani built Curly Tales into one of India's best-known food and travel discovery platforms, and her personal handle carries the founder's voice: travel stories, interviews and food conversations that often feature well-known personalities over a meal. Her bio notes a National Creator Award in 2024 in the travel category. Brands usually come to her for reach and polish rather than hyper-local Mumbai coverage. She suits hotel and tourism campaigns, restaurant launches that want a national audience, and F&B brands looking for a premium, storytelling-led format. Note that @curly.tales is the separate platform account.
2. Sanjyot Keer (@yourfoodlab)
Sanjyot Keer is the chef behind Your Food Lab, a Mumbai-based recipe brand known for crisp, cinematic cooking videos. His content often takes familiar street food such as pav bhaji or dabeli and gives it a new twist, alongside everyday home-cooking recipes that are easy to follow. The production quality is consistently high, which makes the account a natural fit for kitchen appliances, cookware, spices and packaged foods that need a clear product demonstration. Expect longer planning timelines and a structured brief; this is a professional content studio rather than a casual creator.
3. Ranveer Brar (@ranveer.brar)
Ranveer Brar is a Mumbai-based chef, television host and MasterChef India judge whose Instagram mixes recipes, travel and food history. His bio calls him a food sufi, and that tone shows: he explains where a dish comes from as much as how to cook it, often in a mix of Hindi and English. He is a strong choice for premium F&B brands, regional cuisine stories, hospitality partnerships and campaigns that need authority as well as warmth. As with most celebrity chefs, plan for a formal process through his team.
4. Pooja Dhingra (@poojadhingra)
Pooja Dhingra founded Le15 Patisserie in Mumbai and is widely known as India's macaron pioneer. In 2025 she received La Liste's Pastry Game Changer award in Paris, the first Indian chef to do so. Her Instagram blends baking, cafe life and the business side of running a food brand, which gives her credibility with home bakers and aspiring food entrepreneurs alike. She suits baking ingredients, dairy, chocolate, premium festive gifting and lifestyle brands that want a refined, aspirational food voice.
5. Kunal Vijayakar (@kunalvijayakar)
Kunal Vijayakar is a Mumbai food writer and presenter best known for long-running food television and his YouTube channel Khaane Mein Kya Hai. His Instagram follows the same spirit: food trails through Mumbai neighbourhoods, old Irani cafes, Bawa and Konkani kitchens and new finds, all delivered with humour. His audience trusts him on Mumbai's food heritage, so he is a natural fit for heritage restaurants, home-grown food brands, regional produce and city tourism campaigns that want an experienced, conversational guide.
6. Kalyan Karmakar (@thefinelychopped)
Kalyan Karmakar has written the Finely Chopped blog from Mumbai for well over a decade and posts on Instagram as @thefinelychopped, with a YouTube channel alongside. He is also the author of The Travelling Belly. His content moves between Mumbai restaurant reviews, Bengali home cooking and food travel, with an honest, writerly voice. He suits restaurants and food brands that value thoughtful reviews, regional food companies, cookbook and publishing launches, and campaigns that need long-form context rather than a quick reel.
7. Nehal Karkera (@chef_nehalkarkera)
Nehal Karkera is a Mumbai chef who trained in professional kitchens, including Italian restaurants, before turning to online recipes. His early videos were top-down hands-only clips; he later added comic commentary while keeping recipes carefully tested. His comfort-food focus, from dal chawal to omelettes and pasta, plus his Mangalorean roots, make him relatable to young home cooks. He is well suited to cookware, staples, sauces, quick-commerce and FMCG brands that want humour and approachability without losing kitchen credibility.
8. Varun Inamdar (@varuninamdar)
Varun Inamdar is a Mumbai-based chef, chocolatier and food stylist who has been making recipe videos for years, alongside cookbooks, columns and television work. His strengths are pastry, chocolate and polished food styling, which show in his Instagram content. He also runs a culinary school in Ahmedabad, so education is part of his voice. Brands in chocolate and confectionery, baking, premium packaged foods and kitchen equipment will find him a good fit, especially for recipe development and visually strong product content.
9. Rohit Haryani (The Hungry Mumbaikar) (@thehungrymumbaikar)
The Hungry Mumbaikar is run by Rohit Haryani, a Mumbai food blogger with a PR and brand consulting background. The account is known for original content: he visits, tastes and photographs the food himself, posting street food, local eateries, iconic restaurants, new openings and festive specials, plus occasional home recipes. He has said he declines briefs that do not fit the page. That makes him a strong pick for restaurant and cafe launches, delivery-app menus and seasonal specials that need credible, Mumbai-first discovery.
10. Mehul Hingu (@streetfoodrecipe)
Mehul Hingu posts as @streetfoodrecipe and is known for guiding followers through Mumbai's food scene, from roadside vada pav and chaat to more upscale spots, often with a bit of history behind each dish. The content is fast, visual and highly local, which is what street-food and snack brands usually want. He suits quick-service chains, snack and beverage brands, food festivals and local events where the goal is footfall and discovery among young Mumbaikars rather than a polished studio look.
How we chose these creators
We started with creators who appear repeatedly in Indian media coverage, agency round-ups and creator databases for Mumbai food, then checked each one's handle, base and content focus. Anyone we could not confirm as Mumbai-based or currently posting was left out, even if they are well known.
We also balanced the list by sub-niche and size. A Mumbai food campaign rarely needs ten celebrity chefs; it usually needs one or two anchors for credibility and a few local reviewers for discovery. So the list mixes chefs and studios, writers and heritage guides, and street-food creators. Nothing here is paid placement.
How to choose the right creator from this list
Start with the job you need done, not the biggest name:
- Product demos and recipes: chefs such as Sanjyot Keer, Nehal Karkera or Varun Inamdar can build a recipe around your product. Brief them early and leave room for their style.
- Restaurant and cafe launches: local reviewers like The Hungry Mumbaikar and Mehul Hingu drive discovery and footfall. Invite them to a real service, not a staged tasting.
- Credibility and storytelling: Ranveer Brar, Kunal Vijayakar and Kalyan Karmakar add context and authority, useful for heritage brands or premium launches.
- Premium and gifting: Pooja Dhingra and Kamiya Jani suit aspirational, festive or hospitality campaigns.
Ask every creator for audience location data, because a Mumbai restaurant needs Mumbai eyes. Agree deliverables, usage rights and ASCI disclosure in writing. Our guides to influencer marketing for restaurants and cafes, writing an influencer brief and barter vs paid collaborations apply just as well in Mumbai. For a broader view, see our list of the best food influencers in India.
Planning a multi-creator campaign in the city? Our page on influencer collaborations in Mumbai explains how we work with brands there.
Running a pan-India campaign and need a Delhi voice too? See Delhi lifestyle creator Manmeet Kaur's media kit.